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Deaths on April 03

1950 : Adolf Wiklund, composer, dies at 70
1942 : Albert Siklos, composer, dies at 63
1993 : Alexander Mnouchkine, French movie producer (Professional), dies at 83
1941 : Andr‚ Michelin, French tire manufacturer, dies at 88
1915 : Andrew Stoddart, cricketer (England capt at turn of century), suicide
1960 : Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 87
1682 : Bartolom‚ Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter, dies
1949 : Basil Harwood, composer, dies at 89
1909 : Benjamin Johnson Lang, composer, dies at 71
1962 : Benny "Kid" Paret, US welterweight boxer, dies after fight, at 24
1994 : Betty Furness, actress/news consumer reporter (WNBC), dies at 78
1936 : Bruno Hauptmann, convicted Lindbergh baby killer, executed
1884 : Carel JCH van Nispen tot Sevenaer, Dutch Cath politician, dies at 59
1996 : Carl Stokes, 1st black mayor of a major US city (Cleve), dies
1950 : Carter G Woodson, American historian (black studies), dies at 74
1996 : Christopher John Seward, aid worker, dies at 45
1943 : Conrad Veidt, German/US actor (Cabinet of Dr Calgary), dies at 50
1995 : David Alexander Reginald Herbert, writer, dies at 86
1993 : Dieter Plage, German wildlife filmmaker, dies at 57
1993 : Eduardo Cabellero Calderon, Colombian writer/diplomat, dies at 83
1972 : Ferde Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofe, composer, dies at 80
1972 : Ferde Grof‚, US composer (Grand Canyon Suite), dies at 80
1694 : Ferdinand van Apshoven de Jongere, Flemish painter, buried at 64
1838 : Francesco Antommarchi, Napoleon's physician on St Helena, dies at 57
1994 : Frank G Wells, US director (Walt Disney), dies at 62
1868 : Franz Adolf Berwald, Swedish composer, dies at 71
1822 : Friedrich Bertuch, writer, dies
1882 : Friedrich Wilhelm Kucken, composer, dies at 71
1769 : Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (in blood), dies at 71
1525 : Giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api), dies at 49
1991 : Graham Greene, Brit writer (3rd Man, Our man in Havana), dies at 86
1995 : Harvey Pennick, golfer/teacher, dies at 89
1876 : Henriette Davidis, writer, dies
1982 : Herman W Filarski, Dutch bridge journalist, dies at 69
1920 : Homer Newton Bartlett, composer, dies at 74
1287 : Honorius IV, [Giacomo Savelli], Italian Pope (1285-87), dies
1581 : Huibert Duifhuis, Roman Catholic pastor (Rotterdam/Utrecht), dies
1977 : Jack Ryder, cricketer (20 Tests for Aust, 1394 runs), dies
1862 : James Clark Ross, Arctic explorer, dies
1994 : Jerome Lejeune, French geneticist (Syndrome of Down), dies at 67
1882 : Jesse James, outlaw, shot dead at 34, in St Joseph Mo by Robert Ford
1897 : Johannes Brahms, German composer/conductor (Hung Dances), dies at 63
1951 : Johannes C Kielstra, Dut economist/gov (Suriname 1933-44), dies at 72
1971 : Joseph Valachi, US gangster, dies at 66
1945 : Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet/writer (Vienna Verbatim), dies at 43
1997 : Judy Flannery, master triathelete, killed by a car at 56
1849 : Juliusz Slowacki, Pol poet (Father of the Plague-Patient), dies at 39
1990 : Katharine Balfour, actress (Love Story), dies of ALS at 69
1950 : Kurt Julian Weill, German composer (Dreigroschenoper), dies at 50
1992 : Lloyd "Slim" Andrews, actor (Buf Bill in Tomahawk Territory), dies
1980 : Luella Gear, actress (Joe & Mabel), dies at 82
1971 : Manfred Bonnington Lee, [Ellery Queen], detective writer, dies at 65
1962 : Manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer, dies at 78
1992 : Margaret Barker, actress (Fathers & Son), dies of lung cancer at 83
1975 : Mary Ure, actress (Sons & Lovers, Where Eagles Dare), dies at 42
1946 : Masaharu Homma, Lt Gen (responsible for Bataan Death March), executed
1976 : Maurice Johnstone, composer, dies at 75
1695 : Melchior de Hondecoeter, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 58
1988 : Milton A Caniff, US cartoonist (Terry & the Pirates), dies at 81
1797 : Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66
1989 : Norman Woolard, actor (Guilty, Saul & David, Medeleine), dies at 79
1941 : Pal Teleki-von Szek, PM Hungary (1920-21, 39-41), suicide at 61
1994 : Pat Harper, NYC news anchor (WPIX, WNBC), dies
1919 : Paul Geisler, composer, dies at 62
1942 : Paul Gilson, composer, dies at 76
1986 : Peter Pears, English tenor (Death in Venice), dies at 75
1811 : Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83
1993 : Pinky Lee, kiddie host (Pinky Lee Show), dies of heart attack at 85
1826 : Reginald Heber, bishop & hymn writer, dies
1969 : Rex Evans, actor (Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, Zara), dies at 65
1901 : Richard D'Oyly Carte, promotor (Gilbert & Sullivan operas), dies
1986 : Richard Manuel, rock pianist/vocalist (Band), dies on 41st birthday
1512 : Richard Pafraet, Dutch printer, dies
1996 : Ron Brown, sec of Comerce, dies in an accident
1996 : Ronald Harmon Brown, politician, dies at 54
1996 : Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes, bluesman, dies at 59
1966 : Russel Crouse, US stagewriter (Life with Father), dies at 73
1990 : Sarah Vaughn, jazz singer, dies of lung cancer at 66
1858 : Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer, dies at 79
1956 : T Kostov, Bulgarian vice-premier, executed
1958 : Theodor Kramer, writer, dies
1850 : Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer, dies at 75
1982 : Warren Oates, actor (East of Eden, Stoney Burke), dies at 53

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